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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Thursday 05 March 09 20:54 GMT (UK)  »
As I learn more it is starting to get complicated.
If I have been paying attention:
Goodfellow Lodge in Stockwell is 'normal' AOD'
Chapter 29 in Balham is a sort of higher level, side-order
and the Supreme Royal Arch medals were for a national Chapter,
giving him three separate memberships.   

Are the Supreme Royal Arch medals you mention the coloured stars with the letters FSC?
I think you said the Grand Lodge of England was for being a former Lodge chairman
(presumably of Goodfellow Lodge because the collarette is quite worn but he died just a couple of years after receiving his Past Arch jewel from Girdler Lodge). 

When I completed my Scout Leader training I became a member of the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group.  It doesn't really exist, it is just a title.  I wonder if Grand Lodge of England was like this, or was it something important?

David.
Bishop's Stortford, Herts.



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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Tuesday 03 March 09 07:30 GMT (UK)  »
Barry,

Sorry for the delay.  Thank you VERY much for the information.

I wonder if there might be records giving dates of membership of Goodfellow Lodge, Chapter 29 and Girdler Lodge?  Do the two plain FSC medals refer just to Chapter 29 - or might there be more?

Having grown up with my Grandmother claiming that her father was a Druid, I was very excited by your claim that AOD still survives.  What does it do?  I guess I've got some more research to do - this time to satisfy my present-day curiosity.

David.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Friday 20 February 09 14:44 GMT (UK)  »
I have a picture of my Great-grandfather's funeral procession in 1928.
We have identified the chapel in Herne Bay, Kent where he was living at the time.
It is a very low resolution picture but I wonder if there are any other clues.

David.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Thursday 19 February 09 21:30 GMT (UK)  »
It's not a Victoria Cross.  The Victoria Cross has square ends.
The indented ends make it a Maltese Cross.

On the Girdler medal,
is the orange letter a C
or is it a P to make the letters for Past Arch? 

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Thursday 19 February 09 20:46 GMT (UK)  »
This is a close up of the Grand Lodge of England jewel.
It looks very much like the Freemasons coat of Arms
but it is illustrated and labelled as an AOD jewel
in Victoria Solt Dennis' book
Discovering Friendly & Fraternal Societies.

David.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Thursday 19 February 09 20:41 GMT (UK)  »
Barry,

Girdler might be near Herne Bay in Kent, or possibly in Ireland.
He moved from London to Kent for health reasons.
There is a family rumour of an Ireland connection but we don't know what.

I attach the Goodfellow front
and the whole set.

David.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Thursday 19 February 09 18:50 GMT (UK)  »
Oops, it's a 6.
Uploading the pictures was easy.
I haven't seen them this big or this clear before.
I thought it was a 5.

David, Heron Hiker.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Thursday 19 February 09 18:47 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for your reply Barry.
The back of one of the medals is engraved Goodfellow Lodge 452.  Stockwell would make a lot of sense because my great grandfather lived and worked near St James Park.
What about 679 Girdler Lodge and Chapter 29?
I have taken photos of the medals but they are quite large.  I will try to attach them...

David, Heron Hiker.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancient Order of Druids in the 1920s
« on: Saturday 31 January 09 07:28 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for this reply.

AOD-UK is a modern umbrella organisation.  Its website does not have any information about AOD in the 1920s and their named contacts have not replied to my e-mails.

I have spent hours on Google.  The most promising thing I found was a RootsChat post from January 2008 in which 'Wittenbury' said he had copies of old directories of Lodge names and mentioned Grand Lodge records.

That is why I joined RootsChat!

I am looking for a person who has information.

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